अर्हः

Operational rule vidhi

The affix अच् comes after the verb अर्ह 'to respect', when the object is in composition with it.

Word by word (padaccheda)

Left context अर्हः pañcamī · ekavacana

Left context Pañcamī (5th case): "after X", the operation applies to what follows (1.1.67 तस्मादित्युत्तरस्य). Also used for limits and sources.

Dotted words are technical terms, dashed ones pratyāhāras (names for classes of sounds or affixes). Hover or tap one to see its card.

Full reading

अर्हः

Pāṇini leaves out words that carry over from earlier sūtras. Expand to see the rule as a reader actually understands it.

Commentary

The affix अच् comes after the verb अर्ह 'to respect', when the object is in composition with it.
This debars अण्. The words so formed are especially of feminine gender. As पूजार्हा 'deserving of respect'; so also गन्धार्हा, मालार्हा ।

Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.